In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, theregular 7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will end on October31, 2010.

After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the regular subscription servicesfor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Therefore, new bug fix, enhancement, andsecurity errata updates, as well as technical support services will nolonger be available for the following products:

Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 3 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 5. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have accessto all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as partof their subscription without additional fees.

For customers who are unable to migrate off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3before its end-of-life date, Red Hat is offering a limited, optionalextension program referred to as RHEL 3 ELS. For more information, contactyour Red Hat sales representative or channel partner on this program.

Once you are eligible for subscribing to the RHEL 3 ELS channels, read theRed Hat Knowledgebase article DOC-40489 athttps://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-40489 for detailed information on howto subscribe to the RHEL 3 ELS channels.